Raw vs Nitro "Reliving The War": Episode 61 - December 9th 1996

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Reliving The War takes a look at every match and every promo from the "Monday Night War" period of professional wrestling. WWF Raw and WCW Nitro would air on Monday Nights and fans had to choose which show they wanted to watch with Raw airing on the USA Network and Nitro broadcasting live on TNT. This series compares both shows to see who really had the best episode on a weekly basis.
The WWF are one night removed from "In Your House: It's Time" where Bret Hart failed to win the WWF Championship. The Hitman gets a little promo time this week and Bret says theres no rules anymore in the WWF. Bret watches the opening Steve Austin vs Vader match from the commentary desk. Elsewhere on Raw, Bart and Billy Gunn have a singles match that ends in controversy, and the Karate Fighters tournament comes to an end in the middle of the ring.
This week's episode of WCW Nitro sees the nWo gain 2 new members. Sting is in the building and he confronts Rick and Scott Steiner again, and Hollywood Hogan also sends a message to his upcoming Starrcade opponent Roddy Piper. The Outsiders compete in the main event this week when they battle Meng and The Barbarian.
00:00 - Nitro's first 60 minutes
05:47 - Sid vs HHH / Flair & Piper Promos
08:55 - Goldust vs Bart Gunn / Jericho vs Eaton
12:38 - Jesse James vs Bradshaw & Zebekiah
17:02 - Arn Anderson vs Criag Pittman
19:54 - Bret Hart Promo / DDP vs Double J
23:56 - Roddy Piper Promo
26:26 - Undertaker vs Mankind
30:17 - Final Results
#WWF #WCW #WCWNitro

[@dawsonbosco8217]

I love all of the running gags that we get on Reliving the War. Glacier, Chinlocks, Double F, the Meng Manly Meter, and now...CyberFist.

[@jasonjekyll8576]

He's really doing a work of genius with this series. The dude deserves some kind of reward and official recognition by WWE

[@andrewscasualmtb]

Oh yeah where the hell has glacier been? He's been on like 2 episodes of nitro. Sad.

[@beesly01]

I love "brass knuckles that don't look like brass knuckles, though we'll call them brass knuckles anyway."

[@jasonjekyll8576]

You've created something that many people look forward to every week. I know I do!

[@cmcculloch1]

I message my mate every Thursday with a link

[@donborracho3019]

Yup. Great stuff here

[@Roflcrabs]

I want to look up when Raven and the Flock make their debut but I don't want to spoil it. I know the Flock didn't really get over but as a kid I thought they were cool, at least half of them like Raven, Kidman and Saturn. Riggs fit the look too, shame that boy didn't get over.

[@immizglad1429]

Same here

[@samhayden60]

I agree, this is my Thursday night or Friday morning fix.

[@tomsimmons7673]

"Remember this guy was a full blown devil worshipper at one point." Ah, the days when Kevin Sullivan was respectable.

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

I almost cried watching the Milton Bradley karate fighter video package.

[@durt9872]

I almost cried watching that snapmare 😂

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

That bit absolutely made me flash back to when i used to have Karate Fighters. They were kinda fun to play with for like a couple minutes, then as a kid our hands would get tired and we would just play Mario or Street Fighter or something like that. 😄👍

[@eyeguydojima7131]

I love the fact that Wrestling Bios switches up the intros to fit what's going on

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❤️🔥🔥🔥

[@thomassalas5191]

I wouldn't know! I listen to it at work. This is the first episode I actually watched

[@pentaro518]

Agreed. I'm looking forward to what he'll do next for the March 10th episode.

[@jarroddavis7485]

Right took a page out of the GoT intro book

[@ironman2326]

I love that he uses the steiner brothers theme music after the intro 😄

[@davisduchovny3630]

it’s Thursday again. at this point, Reliving the War is a constant on my weekly Thursday agenda.

[@Kas58223]

Absolutely love it far better than what’s happening in wrestling today love the trip down memory lane

[@kfreeman1908]

Same!!

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@Kas58223 sadly wrestling has never been the same since WCW went out of business, 20 years ago 😔

[@Kas58223]

@@martynodonnell8467 I wished WCW never went out of business WCW vs WWF brought out the best in each other promotion but unfortunately mismanagement of WCW was eventually the downfall of the promotion

[@michaelcairns8778]

Well it's Friday morning when in Australia when Reliving the War uploaded

[@brycegrenier]

Kevin Sullivan booking his own divorce 😂

[@CHAOTIXMaddLass]

Oh, the irony 😆

[@415fillmore]

He booked his wife’s death

[@grammysworld5449]

It was crazy for me hearing my uncle's talk about how smooth Benoit was for taking Kevin's girl and calling him a real Horseman now

[@damianpriest196]

@@415fillmore karma is real

[@juststatedtheobvious9633]

@@damianpriest196 No, that was Benoit's head trauma. Kind of like what you suffered.

[@rasmusdegn9690]

29:00 Marked out seeing my move name suggestion though "Terry Bam Bam Gordy (The Executioner here) etc etc" is my new favorite move name of all time

[@johngraham8290]

Going to miss the Milton Bradley Karate Fighter tournament only 1 week left 😢

[@outlawrip-offartist4161]

My sacrifice.

[@michaelkeller5927]

"feels like foreverrrrrrrrrrrr"

[@PhenomsServant4]

Dont worry we get another one next year.

[@willyam2435]

It ain't a proper Thursday without Reliving The War. Let's go!

[@AmazingGuy13]

Exactly

[@jordancourtney9142]

We getting closer and closer to 1997, this is about to get really good

[@derekazyan9942]

97 was the best year for wrestling ever in my opinion

[@bgsmkdogg8422]

YEEESSSSS!!!!!! 97 🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@ITGShaddyMaCC]

@@derekazyan9942 97-99 for me

[@ozates8347]

99-01 were great years of Wrestling for me(except for WCW in 2000 that sucked lol). WWF in 2000 was excellent and WWF 2001 was decent to above average for the whole year especially after WM 17, but the Invasion Angle after SummerSlam or Unforgiven 2001 was disappointing but way better than anything from WWE 2019 to now. Reviewing Retro Raw’s and Smackdown’s from February-December 2001(Up to the July 23rd Raw is War after Invasion now, I will do a video review for my KZbin Channel on July 27th). Also, going back and watching/reviewing the WWF PPV’s from January 2001-May 2002, up to SummerSlam 2001(already watched it some weeks ago).

[@lil_bear]

97-98 was the best year ever for wrestling without a doubt. The ratings show that. Big part of my childhood. Crazy how many people were watching wrestling back then.

[@RazorChampion99]

I died laughing at the Karate Fighters video with Creed's "My Sacrifice" song in the background. I swear if some jobber gets injured, Wrestling Bios should hype up their return with U2's "Beautiful Day" which was used to hype Triple H's return before he came back in 2002.

[@piojestsuper]

Best segment

[@aceassn716]

Couldnt agree more 🍻

[@Mr.PepeSilvia]

Haha same

[@Skip2TheEnd]

I was just saying to myself seconds before the music hit, “wouldn’t it be funny if he did a Creed style video package for this tournament?”, and he only went and did it! 🤣

[@nicktaylor2657]

Funny they picked Creed My Sacrifice even though it came out in 2001 and this is 1996🤔

[@valormeer]

You know it's Thursday when you hear " You wanna war?! You'll get one "

[@Hipas_Account]

Didn't expect Creed on Reliving The War, but gosh did i love it.

[@jonathanlewis1981]

The OSW boys will mark out to that as well

[@JoeAriminvm]

Wwf Desire shizzle

[@fingersTitan]

About to say the same thing.. Great band.

[@danielholt9875]

Did Harlem Heat legitimately break the Manly Meter a couple of weeks back? That's two consecutive weeks the Faces Of Fear have fought and it's been nowhere to be seen.

[@RaderizDorret]

Harlem Heat vs Faces of Fear pretty much makes the Meng Manly Meter redundant.

[@NaZtRdAmUs]

3:40 booked his own divorce lol savage.

[@dannybloom]

Top that Tony Khan 🙂👍

[@PhenomsServant4]

And depressing when you realize she wouldnt have been near Benoit when he snapped.

[@jasonjekyll8576]

Yeah he didn't just book his own divorce, he booked his own death

[@michaelhill9351]

i live for Thursdays! Cant wait til we get into 1997-1999!

[@Kas58223]

Yea absolutely can’t wait for that

[@martynodonnell8467]

Only a couple of weeks left. I think 97 was the greatest year for pro wrestling ever. So much going on and the whole landscape of the business and what each company were offering, especially WWF, changed dramatically. I know the war started in 95. However 97 was when it really took off.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

97 and 98 are peak of wrestling. ecw,wcw and wwf were great. 98 is peak of quality then it starts declining from 99

[@martynodonnell8467]

@@ShubhamMishrabro yeah the booking from both WCW and WWF wasn’t as strong during 99 as it had been during 97 and 98. WWF did get back on top with the booking during 2000 though. Much of the booking by WWF during 99 focused on the McMahons. WCW seemingly didn’t know how to or didn’t want to make new stars. They still had the NWO storyline going on during 99. Although they had a solid mid card. No one was getting pushed. The same wrestlers that were on top during 96, were mostly the same stars still on top during 99. They weren’t evolving with the times and got very stale. They had few fresh ideas. Therefore started going downhill, during the later half of 98 into 99.

[@ShubhamMishrabro]

@@martynodonnell8467 wwf was great till 2000 then in 2001 they started declining with invasion angle then triple h reign of terror started only SmackDown was good during that period

[@TheoAndHisPedals]

Thank god. Been home all day, bored as hell. Its good to know a Wrestling Bios video is never too far away

[@toptenguy1]

I am feeling some "Mandela effect" every single week as i was CONVINCED that Arn's last match ever was at Halloween Havoc against Lex. I think he's wrestled every single week on Nitro since! lol

[@nostalgiagaming2365]

Wooooo, nostalgia every Thursday is awesome. Thank you @wrestlingbios

[@aemondtargaryen972]

Oh I love the last executioner’s move name. That was a short pithy name… ahhaahaha

[@thecobraaffect2875]

I absolutely love the fact that you edit the clips over the entrance theme as the shoes go on, a small but perfect detail

[@e1028]

I had such a hard time explaining to my boyfriend why I was laughing, but explaining a karate fighters creed montage just would of just been too much.

[@kamenanew9867]

That's a conversation that would kill my sides laughing

[@toptenguy1]

I did love Jesse James actually singing "Cause I can't wait, to be alone.. WITH BRADSHAW AND ZEB" and then he stormed the ring. lol

[@backup368]

WCW had so many Mikes, Scotts, Chrises, and Ricks. The price of no organization.

[@brickcitybikeman3108]

Those are actually four of the most popular names in America 🤷

[@backup368]

@@brickcitybikeman3108 The 3 Chrises I'm referring to aren't even American.

[@brickcitybikeman3108]

@@backup368 just goes to show how popular those names were

[@VMpastore]

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[@simon_wolf_]

This is the first video I’ve watched from this series and I was crying laughing. I have 60 videos to catch up on and I’m looking forward to every single one.

[@JoeAriminvm]

26:04 weakest chair shot in history contender

[@t.v.rockwell4504]

Even Hogan would say that was weak.

[@tx_outlaw7951]

You ain’t lyin!!!!

[@dannybloom]

Enjoyed you reading Sabu's autobiography on botchamania sir 🙂👍

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SABU SABU SABU!

[@giospage]

that new theme is incredible as always mr bios

[@850bigboy]

12:26 this quote from dusty rhodes aged very well

[@GnartotheBone]

"A cave with no hulkimaniacs" I lost it

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After watching over 100 hrs of your content I finally decided to support you on Patreon. Well deserved with all the amazing content you provide. Thanks

[@knottheory79220]

The Karate Fighters tribute made me die laughing.

[@VERDICTInsanity]

Simply put, this is one of the best produced weekly shows ever, The intro, the presentation, all of it is just spot on

[@dylhas1]

Bischoff and all of the NWO played the crowd so well. The arrogance of Eric as he walks to the ring is perfect. Ignoring all the trash just makes people hate him more and throw more stuff at him. Most companies would hate this happening but WCW almost made it part of the show and it made fans so much more invested in the characters and storyline

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Really appreciate all the work that goes into these videos.

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Such fantastic content. Look forward to these all week!

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Another awesome video from Wrestling Bios. Thank you!

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Best wrestling content channel on KZbin. I look forward to the next episode of this series every single week.

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You never fail to impress! So glad I found your channel! I look forward to Thursdays.

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So glad I found this channel/series

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I stop what I’m doing and watch these videos immediately. This guy does the best.

[@mrmoose6619]

Welcome to Thursday Afternoon Reliving the War! Thanks again for this excellent series.

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Thursday is the most exciting day of the week

[@wagwagz6062]

thanks man always make my week with this show

[@joelegue182]

Vince would kill for a 2.3 Raw rating in 2021.

[@benjaminmee3751]

Piper was amazing. There are 4 dead wrestlers I really miss. Owen, Pillman, Eddie and Piper. The world and not just wrestling missed something when they died.

[@nightowl8363]

I miss Bulldog& Mr Perfect..... They were WAY TOO YOUNG to go like that...

[@doriangreen3231]

Don't forget about Randy Savage.

[@J.D.1.]

Andre.

[@michaelcairns8778]

7:20 I love the subtle sarcasm! Keep up the great work Wrestling Bio

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[@RichardJaspering]

Cyberfist. Techno/metal. lol (Thanks, Wrestling Bios, for so much quality)

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Awesome channel! Thanks!

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This video series is the perfect concept. Great content, and you're only going to gain viewers as you get into the attitude era where this series will be it's best. Great stuff man! Been a subscriber for a while

[@BlueSpiceSpace]

This is the best era of Bret Hart imo, his whole run up to montreal from his return in the fall

[@doubledown9]

Fantastic, keeps getting better mate. The karate fighters highlight reel 😂 I look forward to this each week 😊

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[@ImInevitable1987]

I was waiting on this episode. This was my 9th birthday when these Shows took place.

[@Thegreatone-tx1yl]

Ok you finally fixed the theme music!! I’ll start watching again...

[@zackstewart9771]

Finally!! Been waiting on the December 9th episode love seeing something fall on my birthday especially the Monday Night Wars, here we go!

[@chrisbelos2834]

Thank you for that wonderful lecture of Sabu on Botchamania

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You have gone above and beyond with the karate fighters farewell vignette. The Legend of Wrestling Bios will be told for generations to come.

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Thank you again!

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This man has done so much for Karate Fighters.. They really needed you for advertising because me and all of my friends preferred Rock and Sock em Robots

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This is an absolute dope channel. Keep it up

[@johnlegrano4723]

I love the reliving the war series. Thank you for putting these videos together for us. Also could you please do a sting vs vampiro feud please and thank you

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I always look forward to this, but my dog passed away yesterday, and this is a welcome distraction. Keep up the good work man.

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Great work! Is it just my, or is the winning formula for WCW not too much NWO at this time!?

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I taped one and watched the other. THANK YOU VHS!

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My favourite channel on youtube. Instant like 👍

[@Big_Chief38]

Intro gets me fired up every time.

[@Vundablog]

I love these videos so much.

[@dustinsensenig9798]

It's Thursday, and you know what that means! Another Reliving the War! I have been watching since the beginning

[@jerameyconners5122]

Timed it perfectly. Happy Thursday!!

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Best sub notification by far! Love your videos man!!!

[@scypsylock9402]

My long comment regarding Terry "Bam Bam" Gordy was from the heart because he was very talented, a great guy in real life according to many, and a family man. I met Michael P.S. Hayes in Boston a day before WrestleMania XlV and posed in a picture doing the "Freebird Salute" (Fist outward with knuckles forward) which was a huge honor as well as becoming an honorary Freebird. That was one of the biggest honors in my life next to becoming a Union SAG-AFTRA actor/performer shortly after. I meant no disrespect to you, or your channel, just we've lost so many legends then and recently - it's bittersweet.

[@billdenny9599]

7:17 post curtain call HHH does what he's told I guess

[@mrassassinscreedfan1]

He was definitely paying his dues then

[@DaleSalzmann]

Thursday is now complete thx to this

[@nickd253]

Awesome job u do on all ur vids

[@joelzedney4299]

That intro was frigging AMAZEBALLS

[@TheQuestionsssssssss]

For someone who was just born when all of this is happening this is the next best thing than going back and actually rewatching. And it’s cool seeing the way major events were built too.

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Damn.. you make me feel old. Glad you enjoy it

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Best part of the week. Reliving The War

[@SALTER818]

Always watch these to pump me up for some WWE2K game play , gives me match up ideas

[@Kevin2099Plays]

Awesome video!

[@Tweekerbear]

I watched all these so far. Realizing it’s Thursday and I ain’t caught up anymore made me catch up.

[@jamminmusicman]

Thursday's are Monday Night Wars at my house !!! .... Awesome episode buddy I hope for a future video you could a retrospective on Bobby Eaton 🙏

[@AlexPlaysGaming]

It's Thursday. That means it's time for reliving the war. OHHHHHH HELLLLLLLL YEAHHHHHHH

[@DrDoomBloom]

HHH must have been still serving the punishment during this episode because wow

[@daa589]

He certainly paid his dues

[@ironman2326]

Only makes sense Ted would give Mike a contract...Money Inc.... never picked up on that back in the day.

[@piojestsuper]

Great episode!

[@molletre9606]

I know many love CM Punk on the mic (me too) and think Punk was the best for vicious promos. But good god Roddy was a league of his own.

[@epicgb]

Great tribute to the karate fighters segments, such emotion!

[@AlucardRo]

To be fair Sullivan has explained that he broke with Woman before the whole affair storyline was put on TV as the relationship was already rocky due to Woman just not being well and even stabbing him one night.